good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. our top story today: with friends like these... donald trump warns theresa may her brexit plan will kill any hopes of a trade deal with the us, and he backs borisjohnson as a future prime minister. with more protests planned against his visit, the us president will today meet the queen for tea at windsor. bradley's legacy. the mother of inspirational football mascot bradley lowery will tell us of herjoy as a life—prolonging drug is made available on the nhs. i'm at wimbledon, where serena williams is through to the wimbledon women's final, just ten months after giving birth. better but not good enough.

i'm looking at how disabled travellers are still being let down by some uk airports. and here at wimbledon it is a cloudy start, as it is across many parts of the uk. this will then break, sunny spells will develop, and there are some heavy, thundery showers and the forecast. i have more in 15 minutes. —— in the forecast. it is friday 13july. our top story: president trump has flown into britain and made an extraordinary intervention in the brexit debate. he said the prime minister's plans will probably kill any prospect of a future trade deal with the united states. mr trump also criticised theresa may's strategy, and said borisjohnson would make a great prime minister. his comments were published in an interview with the sun whilst he was at a dinner with mrs may. jon donnison reports. theresa may may have been hoping the special relationship would provide some solidarity and support at a difficult time. but, in a remarkable interview,

president trump said he told the prime minister, on brexit, she had got it wrong. not exactly hand—in—hand. the president said the prime minister's vision of a brexit deal would kill any possible trade agreement with the united states. absent from the pomp and ceremony at blenheim palace, the formerforeign secretary borisjohnson,

a thorn in the side of theresa may, who the president would like to see make a return. hardly music to the ears of the actual prime minister. and, while there were warm words for the former mayor of london, not so much for the current one, sadiq khan. it was sadiq khan who signed off on the trump baby blimp that protesters will float over london today. what do we want? trump out. when do

we wa nt what do we want? trump out. when do we want it? now. the demonstrations against this visit had made him feel unwelcome, the president said. these people don't like anything mr trump has to say. after this latest comments, theresa may might share some of their pain. in a moment we will speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. but first, let's get reaction from westminster with our political correspondent alex forsyth. alex, good to see you. these comments, so you have friends like these. they are making comments as your guests, indeed. how will this go down with theresa may and what she is trying to do in terms of selling brexit? well, some of the things donald trump said could not have more sting in them if he tried. he has made these commentsjust have more sting in them if he tried. he has made these comments just as theresa may is trying to keep a very divided party behind her and sell her brexit policy. he comes out and blata ntly her brexit policy. he comes out and blatantly undermines it. that will be seized upon by the brexiteers in the party who say that theresa may's

plan would leave us far too close to the eu. not only that but he is praising borisjohnson, the eu. not only that but he is praising boris johnson, something the eu. not only that but he is praising borisjohnson, something of a rival to theresa may, and this is all coming as they arch standing alongside each other to give a press conference this afternoon —— they are standing. will she have her hugh grant in love actually moment and stand—up to the president or will we see more conciliatory tones from both of them when they stand next to each other? there is a very special relationship between the uk and the us. one thing is for sure. everyone will be watching. now, gary o'donoghue is outside the us ambassador‘s residence in london, where the president and first lady spent the night. gary, this morning we are talking not just about the politics and gary, this morning we are talking notjust about the politics and that interview, but potentially protests as well. yes, a lot of protests planned around the country. they will get nowhere near this united

states president. his security detail and the british government have made absolutely sure. but people will be able to see those pictures, and indeed, the president, we know, is an addict of cable news television and will no doubt see those pictures when he is travelling from one place to the other. he has expressed some disappointment that people are not more supportive. he thinks british people are more supportive, but the polls do not bear that out. one thing is absolutely clear. barely a day into this first visit to the uk, as president, he has unleashed an enormous political storm here. which is just enormous political storm here. which isjust his enormous political storm here. which is just his way. enormous political storm here. which isjust his way. thank enormous political storm here. which is just his way. thank you enormous political storm here. which isjust his way. thank you for enormous political storm here. which is just his way. thank you for that update, speak again a bit later. we will hear more of donald trump's interview with the sun throughout the programme. a number of major airports in the uk are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers, according to a new report by the civil aviation authority. manchester airport, which has been given the lowest possible "poor" rating, says it is now working with the caa to make improvements. here is our disability correspondent nikki fox. whether it is specialist

assistance at airports, costly, broken wheelchairs, or inaccessible bathrooms on planes, for many disabled passengers, flying can be a difficult experience from beginning to end. these problems were highlighted earlier this year, when the bbc‘s security correspondent frank gardner tweeted about being left on a plane because heathrow airport had lost his wheelchair. today's report highlights the progress many airports have made, including heathrow, which has this year been classified as good, following last year's poor rating. the report reveals that 16 uk airports have been rated very good, up from six last year. along with heathrow, nine other airports have scored "good." three major airports have been told they must improve the services they provide disabled passengers. and, for the second year in a row, manchester has been ranked poor. the only airport to receive the rating. following our report on bbc breakfast earlier this year, we had a huge response on social

media, with many highlighting long waits to disembark and a lack of understanding from special assistance staff on how best to look after those with physical and hidden disabilities. we've got manchester airport, which is poor this year, principally because the waiting times have been too long. we have undertakings under place with manchester and they have a performance plan to improve. but what's been great about this report is that it's acted as a catalyst for improvement. so heathrow‘s moved from poor last year to good this year with management time. and edinburgh moved from being poor two years ago to very good this year. the department of transport say they welcome the progress made by airports, but will continue to work with the aviation industry to make flying easier for disabled passengers. 200 people in japan 200 people injapan are reported to have been killed in the worst

flooding in years. torrential rain has triggered floods with more than eight in people ordered to leave their homes. parts of western japan have been hit with about four months' worth of rain in the first half ofjuly. some of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand will speak about their risky mission this morning, when they arrive back in the uk. the team are expected to give a press conference following the 17—day sea rch—and—rescue operation. they had to navigate narrow and submerged passageways, before passing the boys on stretchers through the caves to safety. we will hopefully bring you some of their comments live from that press conference later. the government should be doing more to help agents caught up in the nerve agent attacks, according to some analysts. they say that rest days and annual leave were cancelled and a new approach is now needed. it

is merely the weekend and we will hopefully get a bit more sunshine. if you are looking forward to showing off your sandcastle—building skills on the beach this weekend, here is some inspiration. this one, which has been unveiled in the grounds of dover castle, in kent, took five days and 29 tons of sand to build, so you are going to need a big bucket and spade. it is part of a campaign by english heritage to promote real castles. do you know what? i was never good at building sand castles. i couldn't get the water ratio right. you have the time itjust right with the tide. mine would always crumble. i would turn it out, all expectant out of the bucket, and it would just crumble. we could just watch this for hours. absolutely brilliant. a labour of love, isn't it? some great news from wimbledon, serena williams through to the

women's final. how is it looking down there? yes, good morning. it is a bit chilly but a heartwarming story, as you quite rightly say, about serena williams, when you consider that just about serena williams, when you consider thatjust ten months ago she was having a really difficult delivery, giving birth, of course, and then she had multiple surgeries following that. she said she couldn't even walked to the mailbox at the time, and here she was back at the time, and here she was back at wimbledon in only the fourth tournament since her comeback, making the final once again. absolutely incredible, and also looking so convincing against gorges, as well, suggesting she can go all the way. she is through to her eight wimbledon title, that is what she is chasing, the 24th grand slam title, which would equal margaret court's all—time record. she said on twitter i can't quite leave it, see you saturday, and this is crazy. the papers are milking this moment, a great headline in the mirror, born—again, just ten months

after giving birth. williams one match from the 24th title is another headline. elsewhere, briefly, before we look ahead to the men's semifinals, djokovic, john isner, here it says not in a good light. he actually has the best recent win record of any of the chelsea managers in recent times, but he is being replaced because of their supposed that failure last season, in the eyes of the owner, and also a bit of a falling out. one of the most emotional pictures, i think, on the back pages, is this one. we see kyle walker, the england defender, sitting there in a hydrotherapy, cryotherapy bath, sitting there in a hydrotherapy, cryothera py bath, where sitting there in a hydrotherapy, cryotherapy bath, where it is freezing cold, you can see the steam rising up, looking very reflective. things can only get better. talking about england's generation coming through behind this group of

players. they have won the under 20 and under 17 world cup so it looks like there is a golden generation to build on this epic performance in getting to the semifinals. plenty more to come later on. we have tim henman later in the programme and the results of our flossing challenge. find out who has one. will it be the likes of our very own carol? we will find out later. did you figure out how to do it, mike? no. his flossing days are over. it was the fist, it was a mess. it looked like i wanted to go to the toilet. forget the tennis, it is the flossi ng toilet. forget the tennis, it is the flossing that matters at wimbledon. shall we look at the front pages of today's papers? the sun is leading with its exclusive interview with donald trump. world exclusive, they say. the front page of the daily mail follows on from that. with donald

trump's sentiment, i thought you brits wanted brexit. and the president has hit out at theresa may's exit plan. i think they were happy to start with, but this interview was published, saying the prime minister will push donald trump today on that trade deal which he is now saying is less likely. maybe things have changed. and also leaning on donald trump's visit, do you get the theme in the front pages? the ego has landed. that interview will have so many replications, you can plan the security, do everything, then the interview happens like that and it changes everything. let's hear some of what donald trump had to say about theresa may's brexit plan. too bad. what's going on? can you imagine sitting at that dinner last night as it breaks, the first editions drop, that interview is on

the front page. if that's not bad enough, here's what the president had to say about borisjohnson, who quit the cabinet over brexit a days ago. —— few days ago. we are waiting to speak to the person who conducted that interview. what's happening in the business world ? what's happening in the business world? all of that because the business world wants to know about trade. that's in the guardian, trade tensions with the us promptly eu to cut its growth forecast. we've talked about this a lot, the trade war between the eu and the us and also the us and china over tariffs and there are no winners according to the eu because it pushes up prices for most organisations. it said britain would slump to the bottom of the eu league for growth in 2018 because it exposed to trade relations with the united states, underlined in the clip you heard from donald trump, a concern for many businesses. in the times, consumer set for a

surge in debt from credit cards and ove rd rafts. surge in debt from credit cards and overdrafts. things going well for the high street, retailers and most organisations oblak, the economy has been growing steadily and slowly but that's because we've been putting that's because we've been putting that spending on credit cards and there is a concern about interest rates rising, which they could in august given the latest figures from the bank of england —— most organisations think that. we will be talking about that a lot. thank you, ben. the pictures from wimbledon this morning and you put carol in that scene it becomes even more wonderful. good morning. glorious behind you. bless you! it is glorious behind me. lookout quiet henman hill is. later today that will be packed. it's sunny, in the morning, apart from the ground staff working, you might be able to hear them in the background, there's

not much noise, very tranquil and peaceful. later it's an explosion of cover and we also have a lot of noise and excitement building today for the matches —— colour. you can see there's a lot of cloud around this morning, notjust at wimbledon but across many parts of the uk. the forecast today for wimbledon isn't quite a dry one. we are at risk of seeing a shower or two, especially later in the day, late afternoon and early evening and if we catch one, it could be heavy and thundery. during the day, the cloud will break, sunny spells will develop and highs of around 26 with just liked breezes. for all of us today, we're off toa breezes. for all of us today, we're off to a cloudy start with mist and fog around first thing —— like. sunny spells will then develop and then the chance of thunderstorms —— light. the cloud cover is across the uk already, showers in parts of the pennines, north—west england, wales

and cheshire and further showers in central and southern england through the day but lots of those showers will be hit and miss. not all will get one, but if you do, with the lack of wind, there could be torrential and could lead to flash flooding. some showers in the highlands, the southern uplands, lothian and the borders this afternoon, hit and miss with lots of dry weather. northern ireland, cloudy to start, generally cloudy with some brighter breaks. north—east england, dreyer, north—west, prone to the showers and the showers continue into wales, the west midlands and parts of the south coast. —— drier. we could get one or two at wimbledon, for example. to the south and west coast, not bad, the south and west coast, not bad, the best weather in the channel islands and cooler along the east coast. the top temperature today likely to be 26 in the south. showers continuing into the evening and fading eventually overnight but by then we'll have another weather front coming into the north—west of the countries. that's going into

drew is thicker cloud and light rain by the end of the night. overnight lows, similar to the nightjust gone, tend to around 16 —— introduce. a bit of mist and fog tomorrow in england and wales and maybe southern scotla nd england and wales and maybe southern scotland —— tend to around. they cloudy a note in scotland and. weather fronts in northern they cloudy a note in scotland and. weatherfronts in northern ireland and scotland will produce some rain —— ten to. quite a lot of sunshine in england and wales and the small chance of a shower in the east by the east coast will be warmer tomorrow. on sunday in scotland and northern ireland, a bit more cloud and also some spots of rain. but for england and wales, lots of sunshine around and it's going to be another hot day. in wimbledon for the men's finals, we could have highs of up to 31. cooler under the cloud in the north in scotla nd under the cloud in the north in scotland and northern ireland. for next week, naga and john, it looks like the weather mightjust be turning a bit more unsettled but

that won't necessarily be bad news for everyone, because of course, we do need some rain. carol, i bet you would never hear me say that goodness for the rain and that's what i did when i saw it yesterday. -- thank goodness. never ina yesterday. -- thank goodness. never in a million years, naga, because i know you love the sun so i am shocked to my toenails! you're talking to one of the governors at wimbledon? they will be grateful for the rain —— governors at wimbledon? they will be gratefulfor the rain —— gardeners. i know. it's amazing what they have done, keeping the courts and the flowers a nd done, keeping the courts and the flowers and hanging baskets in tiptop condition. that's a full—time job in itself so i'm looking forward to talking to neal later on. brilliant, carol, speak to you later. along with everyday items such as flasks and toothbrushes, the excavation of a battlefield in belgium has provided a chilling reminder of the horrors of world war one. a team of archaeologists and volunteers have discovered the bodies of more than 120 soldiers. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been exclusive access to the site. the sun glides across

a flanders field. underneath the stillness, the beauty, a destructive past is slowly being revealed. this is dig hill 80, a few miles from ypres in the belgian town of wijtschate. it was a fortified command post that changed hands five times during the first world war. the uniqueness of this site is we have the entire war on this one location, so we can tell a story from 1914 onwards until 1918. i found this metal thing and i picked it up and i thought, wow, it's a handle grade. i put it back down. very quickly. egbert is one of hundreds of volunteers from more than a0

countries that have given time and money to make this dig possible. it's the third time today but, yeah... you've found three hand grenades today? yeah, this is a good spot for hand grenades. as sellers and trenches have been escalated, more and more finds have been revealed. this is a toothbrush. you can just about see the words "british make." in the last three months, the volunteers here have found more than 3,000 artefacts. some are in incredible condition, like this. it's a british army water bottle. you can see the blue paint. the condition is incredible. what is it? a box full of nails and grenades. a box full of hand grenades? yes. gurnet, the explosive exit, is called to make sure everything is safe. so i can't see if the safety pin inside. take 30 metres, please. 30 metres? 30 metres. we move away. after a quick inspection, gurnet is happy and

work can continue. on the other side of the site, the brutal horror of what happened here. ben is delicately revealing a human body. we've the remains of what we think is a british soldier. it is painstaking work lifting and excavating them. you tend to put the emotions to one side a little bit while you focus on the job in hand. this is a small site, less than a hectare, simon and his team expected find around 30 dead soldiers. so far, they have discovered 128. karla de roest is excavating a mass grave. the fact that you will be giving these people a dignified place to rest is very satisfying, very rewarding i think. it's worth doing? it's worth doing, yes, it is. i'm used to finding soldiers, it will get to me every time. but this amount is... brings you to the reality of war. in a few weeks, this

site will be flattened. 29 new houses are due to be built. but dead soldiers found here will be given full funerals. many will be buried in war graves ceremonies in flanders fields. graham satchell, bbc news. fascinating story, isn't it? wonderful pictures. joining us at 8:50am will be comedian al murray, patron of the charity hill 80, to tell us more about the project. it is crowd funded, isn't it? people contributing themselves. he is saying there's one guy from the states who came over and had to come back again because so many people

have been brought together by this project. we will talk to him. we have to remind you about our tops the. we will talk lots about this, the. we will talk lots about this, the front page of the sun, this interview isn't just making headlines here but also in america —— top story. he's made an entrance, donald trump, hasn't he? the man who did this interview is the political editor of the sun, tom newton dunn. thanks forjoining us, tom. i have to ask, when did the sun in form theresa may of this interview and the comments? want to put this into context ahead of the dinner they had last night —— inform. it's embarrassing in many ways —— i want to. it is and not the ideal thing for theresa may to have to deal with this morning of all mornings. we rang numberio numberio this morning of all mornings. we rang number 10 number 10 at around 6:40pm last night, i spoke to them asa 6:40pm last night, i spoke to them as a matter of courtesy. half an

hour before marine one landed at blenheim palace, in fairness to theresa may, she didn't half put on an impressive show for donald trump. you wouldn't have detected it from the look on her face but i would imagine she knew when she greeted him then at the great hall. what was the reaction when you told them of the reaction when you told them of the interview? it wasn't the ideal thing they were expecting. they were fed up and depressed by it all. her situation is very vulnerable at the moment, very brittle. it's probably love la st very brittle. it's probably love last thing she needed. —— the last thing. it will be fascinating to see how it plays out today. it might work for her. if you're a fan of donald trump and a fan of the us, you want a tradie with them. if you're a hard—core brexiteer, you will be concerned with what he says and you will be angry with what theresa may says and the soft brexit sell—out —— trade deal. but if you don't like donald trump then this could work for theresa

may. nobody likes to see a us president telling a british prime minister what to do, and this is definitely what's happening. it's possible to get a bit of sympathy for her amongst the back benches, which isn't massive at the moment, and they could rally behind her. tell us about the interview, you bid for it, got the ok, the green light, you were told how much time you had with him, where would it happen, what weather conditions like and what weather conditions like and what was he like? we had been speaking with the embassy in london and the white house not thinking we would get the interview —— house not thinking we would get the interview — — what house not thinking we would get the interview —— what were the conditions. we got the call half an hour before. we got the call half an hour before. we went to brussels. we had ten minutes. it was in the embassy, the ambassador's residence, a posh appointed building too. we were told we had ten minutes. we went into the room. we had our little questions

ready to go. as you know, with these things, you have to get as many questions answered in the short amount of time. when the ten minutes was up, sarah huckabee sanders, his press secretary, said last questions. someone else was waiting to see him. trump said, no, we will give these guys a bit more time. he ke pt give these guys a bit more time. he kept on talking for a total of 28 minutes. that was terrific for us, we filled our notebooks. it reflects ona we filled our notebooks. it reflects on a couple of things, he really likes britain. he said he used to likes britain. he said he used to like britain anyway. he cares a lot about this country and he cares about this country and he cares about what we think about him. secondly, he has total power. nobody tells him what to say or nobody tells him what to say or nobody tells him what to say or nobody tells him off when he says it and he will say it for as long as he wants and the interview wasn't interrupted again after that. it was amazing. it was like being with an imperial

chinese emperor from the 15th century. the total power the man has is quite overcoming really. it is interesting hearing your insights on this. so there are some key figures who we have got comments from, made they him. we have the prime minister, theresa may, boris johnson, who he has made clear he is very good friends with, sadiq khan, who we are talking to later in the programme, and the queen. can you give us his impressions of those key players? well, he has big opinions of them all. the queen is probably the most straightforward one. i askedif the most straightforward one. i asked if he was nervous, because there are not many global celebrity superstars with a bigger brand than donald trump, but i think the queen probably does top him. and he said he wasn't. he was hugely looking forward to seeing her. he was actually, i thought, forward to seeing her. he was actually, ithought, pretty forward to seeing her. he was actually, i thought, pretty accurate and really understood the queen. not just the use of public service, but

he was also very impressed by the fa ct he was also very impressed by the fact that she has never gaffed. she has never done anything she has had to apologise for the. i don't know if that was a moment of self reflection there. he seems to admire her poise and elegance, and his mother, mary, was a massive fan of the queen. his mother was born in scotla nd the queen. his mother was born in scotland and used to drop everything to watch those appearances —— what appearances from the queen in their entirety. and with sadiq khan, they have been having a running dingdong since way before trump was republican candidate for the presidential election, let alone the president himself. sadiq khan had criticised donald trump, you may remember he came up with a policy during the campaign, early on, that he would ban all muslims from entering the us, in his words, until we work out what the hell is going on. pretty controversial policy, and

sadiq khan, london's first muslim mayor, took great exception and criticise him. and at every given opportunity since, donald trump has had a dig at sadiq khan, including our interview today. i suppose boris johnson, the final one. he is a big fan of boris johnson, johnson, the final one. he is a big fan of borisjohnson, repeatedly bringing him up in conversation. i think he sees him as a kindred spirit, a destructive force with an idiosyncratic style, maybe, and was obviously a bit upset that he left government. he really seems to be a kind of true brexiteer. he knows about it ideologically and has been following it for years and years and it certainly is not going away he would like to go. and can you give some insight into the man himself? we all have an impression of donald trump. we know him as this businessman. we know him as a forceful man. did he seem presidential to you? that is very different, isn't it? he did. i suppose define presidential. he

seemed powerful, there is no two ways about that. just the sheer operation which goes with the president on his travels is quite extraordinary. the amount of cars, cadillacs, secret service agents around. all the trappings of power at up to this great image of power. in the room with him, 1—to—1, he certainly isn't barack obama. he perhaps doesn't quite have the poise that barack perhaps doesn't quite have the poise that ba rack obama perhaps doesn't quite have the poise that barack obama had, as a wise and great leader of men. but, you know, he gave us one hell of an interview. i think there is a lot to be said for answering an honest question honestly. if all politicians did that, like trump, maybe they would all be as popular as he is. like him or loathe him over here, and opinions are rightly split, he talks to his base. he is extremely upfront and honest with his voters, and that is the absolute airdrop of all his popularity. a fantastic interview to have landed —— absolute bedrock.

thank you for talking to us on brea kfast. thank you for talking to us on breakfast. more reaction to that interview from sadiq khan. first, let's get the news, travel and weather from where you are watching brea kfast weather from where you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news. extra security is in place today to police more planned protests and marches against donald trump in the capital. disruption is expected from around 11am this morning, and protesters will gather at portland place. they will march to oxford circus, down regent street, and finish with a rally in parliament. mrtrumpersaid finish with a rally in parliament. mr trumper said written is like me a lot, and that he feels fine about any such protests. inspectors have found wandsworth prison in south london to be one of the most overcrowded jails in the country. the unannounced inspection during debris and march found many men had

drugged or mental health problems but were receiving poor training and education. the chief inspector of prisons said the answer is to improve prisoners' prospects were when they leave jail. what everybody wa nts, when they leave jail. what everybody wants, and there is a huge public interest in this happening, is that people emerge from prison less likely to commit further crimes. and they are less likely to do so if they are less likely to do so if they have been able to engage in some education, some meaningful training, which could possibly lead them on to employment after they leave. the royal albert hall was lit up leave. the royal albert hall was lit up last night as a curtain raiser to the bbc proms season, which starts this evening. the free event saw projections onto the building accompanied by music which was being performed inside the venue. the bbc proms is the world's largest classical music festival and lasts for eight weeks from this evening. that takes us to the travel situation, and good news on the tube, all running well apart from minor delays on the london overground between

minor delays on the london overg round between chingford minor delays on the london overground between chingford and liverpool street. on the trains, cancellations on great northern and thameslink to the timetable changes, so check before you travel. looking at the roads, and tears are already building up as you head north bound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, pretty slow, as you can see. in maida vale, harrow road is closed because of the collision and south hamstead has a road closure due to a burst water main between abbey road and south hamstead station. that takes us to the weather. hello, good morning. the risk of seeing a thunderstorm today. while not eve ryo ne thunderstorm today. while not everyone will catch one, if you do have a thunderstorm they have the potential to be quite heavy and cause some disruption. a cloudy start of this morning. a few patches of mr round as well. that will literally quicker, that cloud fenninger breaking to allow for some sunny spells. for the late morning through the afternoon, the potential to see one of those thunderstorms moving in from the west. the met office have the yellow weather warnings in place. the potentialfor

some disruption and localised flooding. temperatures fairly similarto flooding. temperatures fairly similar to yesterday, a maximum of 26 celsius. through this evening, then, still a chance of one or two thundery showers which should die out as we move through the night. overnight in chris gayle doormat spells in the potential for overnight in chris gayle doormat spells in the potentialfor some patchy mist and fog to develop. temperatures not falling too far, a few spots not getting any lower than 16 celsius. as we move into the weekend, then, it is a fine, dry, bright and sunny start to saturday. the chance of seeing a shower into the afternoon. turning hotter as we move into sunday, with further sunshine. iam back i am back with the latest from bbc london newsroom in half an hour. there is more on our website at the usual address. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. president trump has flown into britain and made an extraordinary intrevention in the brexit debate, saying the prime minister's plans for brexit will probably kill any prospect of a future trade deal with the united states.

in an interview with the sun newspaper, mr trump said the prime minister had not listened to his advice on the issue. he praised boris johnson, who resigned as foreign secretary on monday in protest against the government's position, saying he would make a great prime minister. he some of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand will speak about their risky mission this morning when they arrive back in the uk. the team is expected to give a press conference following the 17—day sea rch—and—rescue operation. they had to navigate narrow and submerged passageways, before passing the boys on stretchers through the caves to safety. at least 200 people injapan are reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect the country in nearly a0 years. torrential rains have triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas, with more than 8 million people ordered to leave their homes. parts of western japan have been hit with around four months' worth of rain in the first ten days of july. a number of major airports in the uk

are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers. that is according to a new report by the civil aviation authority. among them, manchester airport was given the lowest possible "poor" rating. some passengers on incoming flights were left waiting on planes for more than an hour before assistance arrived. it says it is now working with the caa to make improvements. time for the sport now, with mike. and he has a new friend, as well. looking good, mike. and he has a new friend, as well. looking good, mikel and he has a new friend, as well. looking good, mike. iwill tell you what, far prettier than me, to be honest. guess how old callisto is, only 27 days old. that is amazing, to think that less than a month ago callisto was the size of an egg. a p pa re ntly callisto was the size of an egg. apparently he eats two pigeon today, which is why he can grow so quickly.

and just to be clear, there is a handler. callisto is happy. wayne, a handler, is very happy. basically one of rufus's accomplices, so is in training to work in the skies above wimbledon. it will be a few weeks before callisto can fly, but wayne is here to make sure he is perfectly happy and safe. he is still basically learning how to walk. that is the training which goes on at wimbledon, and he has huge claws. that is why he is so effective at keeping the pigeons away. when he gets fully fledged into his career, certainly next year. he may keep an eye on proceedings today, the likes of novak djokovic against rafael nadal, kevin anderson againstjohn isner, and the big day for alfie hewitt in the wheelchair semifinals against the defending champion. all that to come. but first, everyone is

reflecting on what happened in centre court, a historical moment for serena williams. the comeback after giving birth just ten for serena williams. the comeback after giving birthjust ten months ago, to reach her 10th wimbledon singles final. she came through her semi—final againstjulia goerges in straight sets, as she looks to win her 24th grand slam title, and tie margaret court's all—time record. it is quite an achievement considering the health problems she had after giving birth to her daughter last september. had a really tough delivery, and, you know, i had to have multiple surgeries, and almost didn't make it, to be honest. and so i remember i couldn't even walk to my mailbox, so it's definitely not normal for me to be in the wimbledon final. so i'm taking everything as it is, and just enjoying every moment. and she will face angelique kerber in the final, in a repeat of the 2016 showpiece. kerber beatjelena ostapenko, also in straight sets. and, at number11, she is the highest seed left

in the tournament, after so many of the top seeds were knocked out in the opening week. jamie murray and partner victoria azarenka are through to the semi—finals of the mixed doubles. they came back from a set down to beat the dutch fourth seeds. they now face the british pair harriet dart and jay clarke in the last four. murray won the mixed doubles title last year with the now—retired martina hingis. there was disappointment, though, for dominic inglot and his croatian partner, franko skugor. they managed to overcome their world cup rivalry, but could not overcome the american pairing ofjack sock and mike bryan, losing in five sets. in the men's wheelchair singles, alfie hewett is through to his second wimbledon semi—final in a row. the second seed beat france's stephane houdet, a man more than double his age, in straight sets. hewett will meet the defending champion, stefan olsson, next. but the 2016 champion,

gordon reid, is suprisingly out. he lost to belgium'sjoachim gerard in straight sets. hewett and reid begin their doubles campaign today as they aim for a hat—trick of wimbledon doubles titles. so it is men's semi—finals day at wimbledon today. up first is the man who knocked out roger federer, kevin anderson. he is up against another big server in john isner. then it's time for rafael nadal against novak djokovic. it's their 51st meeting, more than any other two men in the open era. they know each other better than anyone else. coverage starts on bbc two at 12:30pm. we will have all the rest of the

sport, the football news about co nte, sport, the football news about conte, at 7:30 a.m.. but callisto has had to go. hejust missed me, he had a really big shot, luckily missing my suit. taken away before it got messy. you fell out with kalisto already. a blue peter moment. the blue peter elephant moment, just missed, literally by that much!|j think that's enough. go and get some kitchen roll and we'll see you later. thank you, mike. we've been talking about donald trump's visit and we've been talking about the politics. is talk about the policing. we have a quote for you. —— let's talk about the policing. "an absolute disgrace", that's the description of sleeping conditions for police officers drafted in to cover president's trump visit. a police chief has apologised and alternative accommodation has been found after images of rows of camp beds in a gym were posted on social media.

let's talk about this with che donald, vice—chair of the police federation of england and wales. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning, good to see you again on bbc breakfast. describe conditions, the conditions for the police for sleeping and what's changed in terms of accommodation —— describe the conditions. conditions were substandard to say the least. imagine a gym hall with over 300 camping cops laid out across the floor, probably three feet of space in between each cot. —— camping cops. where the females were accommodated, they didn't even have a camping cot —— cops. they were given a thin foam mattress. to be honest i've seen y°93 mattress. to be honest i've seen yoga mats that were thicker than they were expected to sleep on —— than what. factored into that,

inadequate facilities, such as five to i lets, inadequate facilities, such as five toilets, no hot water and not enough showers. some people weren't getting fed —— factor. is some officers were arriving at the site and some were told to bring their own bedding —— some officers. some officers arrived with often around two hours sleep and then going into the vans to police the event for a 12 hour shift. they were extremely fatigued. what i'm confused about is we knew this visit was happening, police would have been organised and drafted in from all over, how did it get to this point where it almost seems like emergency accommodation was put in place rather than adequate, comfortable accommodation? can you explain that? i can't. i'm as confused as you are. we were told that this accommodation had to be taking place because there

was no other suitable accommodation available. yet once the conditions we re available. yet once the conditions were broadcast on social media and some of the national papers picked up some of the national papers picked up on it, magically suitable accommodation has been found so all those officers actually spent last night in caught it accommodation either in hotels or other places, such as military sites —— quartered. they had a bit for a start and a toilet and a bathroom. essex police has now said, they are hosting the extra officers, they are going to rectify the situation, they have done, with the help of the military they found alternative accommodation. is this a suitable conclusion to the issue? well, it solves the answer for the officers that are resting in suitable accommodation now. but i think it opens up a much more fundamental and bigger question, who

made the decision that this would be adequate accommodation to stick over 300 officers in without the necessary facilities for them to look after themselves? and, in turn, for them to look after the public. i think, yes, great, we've got a result for this, but who made the decision in the first place and thought that you can treat our hard—working cops who are going out doing 12 hour shifts in such appalling conditions? thanks for talking to us this morning, joining us from our london newsroom , morning, joining us from our london newsroom, che donald, vice—chairman of the police federation of england and wales. thank you. we can go back to wimbledon to speak to carol. kalisto was leaving some fertiliser with mike earlier. look at the work it has done, amazing! fast work! good morning. beautiful

petunia is, single headers and doubleheaders under there. lovely colours, the wimbledon colours, introduced to the club in 1909 —— thejuniors. introduced to the club in 1909 —— the juniors. the club introduced to the club in 1909 —— thejuniors. the club has an in—house gardening team that take ca re of in—house gardening team that take care of the plants and the flowers around the grounds. they select a wide variety of shrubs, perennials and annuals and they've had their work cut out this year keeping them alive but they've done a sterling job. at 7:a5am i will speak to kneel stubbly, the head of courts and horticulture, about all things that grow around here, including the courts. the weather today is fairly cloudy, the sun is trying to come out but it will brighten up through the morning, sunny spells developing. the forecast today for wimbledon is just that, sunny spells but today we have the greater risk of catching a shower than in previous days. so far this championships, it's only been

interrupted once by heavy showers and today could be the second time. for all today, a cloudy start and the risk of thunderstorms. some will be torrential and they could lead to localised flooding. heavy showers at the moment in parts of lancashire, wales and cheshire and further showers developing through the morning in central, southern england and heading over in the direction of the east, some in the north will also see some too. the cloud breaking up, sunny spells developing through the morning as well. in scotla nd through the morning as well. in scotland this afternoon, expect showers in the highlands and around lothian and the borders and the southern uplands. where you see them on the charts isn't necessarily exactly where they will fall, there could be hit and miss and not eve ryo ne could be hit and miss and not everyone will get one. the north—west is prone to the showers across the north, you can see them across the north, you can see them across wales, shropshire and also to the south coast and some will drift east, which is why wimbledon is at

risk of some showers. again, heavy and thundery and slow—moving, not much of a breeze around. temperature—wise, highs of up to 26. cooler along the east coast. actually quite pleasant in the west and south coast. through this evening we hang on to some showers, still heavily in nature, but fading through the night. by which time a new weather front will show its hand. that's across north—west scotla nd hand. that's across north—west scotland and northern ireland. by the end of the night the wind will strengthen, thicker cloud and light rain. that's how we start tomorrow, with the weather front producing more cloud and rain in parts of scotla nd more cloud and rain in parts of scotland and northern ireland. moving away from there, eastern scotla nd moving away from there, eastern scotland and much of england and wales having a fine, dry, sunny and warm day with temperatures up to about 27 or 28 but cooler in the cloud and rain in the north. something you will notice tomorrow along the east coast is it will be warmer than recently. sunday sees

almost a repeat performance in that we are looking at thicker cloud and splashes of rain across scotland and northern ireland, but for england and wales, another dry, sunny and warm or hot day depending on where you are. again, temperatures down on where we have the cloud but you don't have to go too far out of it and you will see temperatures rising to the mid—20s or above and the top temperature for the men's semifinals is expected to be around 31. wouldn't want to play in that! thanks very much, carol. summer holiday season beginning... a number of major airports in the uk are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers, according to a new report by the civil aviation authority. ben's got more details. yes, that's right. the civil aviation authority says it's getting better for disabled passengers but some are still being forced to wait as much as an hour to get off their flights. in the report, 16 airports across the uk have been rated very good, that's up from six last year.

so there's been significant progress. the uk's busiest airport, heathrow, was rated poor last year. this time it's among ten classed as good. three airports, birmingham, london gatwick and london stanstead, have been told they must improve. and for the second year in a row manchester has been rated poor, the only airport to receive that rating this year. let's speak to the uk airport regulator, the civil aviation authority. paul smith is its director. paul, good morning to you. i wonder firstly how you measure this, it's often difficult to measure, isn't it? alone we look at three things, waiting times, how long people need to wa ke waiting times, how long people need to wake who need assistance —— waiting times, how long people need to wake who need assistance -- we look at three things. what we really

need to do is make sure the service at all the airports is really good —— to wait. it's disappointing we still have some who aren't there and we have a performance improvement plan with manchester and manchester is focused on improving the quality of its service. what is manchester getting wrong? in particular it has been waiting times, passengers waiting too long, more than 20 minutes, and often up to or more than an hour, whichjust isn't acceptable. it's agreed an improvement plan with us, it is committed to it and we are going to really keep manchester to account for delivering against that performance improvement plan. what powers do you have to make sure they improve and if they don't, can you issue penalties? we can ultimately ta ke issue penalties? we can ultimately take enforcement action, which can lead to the courts imposing a fine. so farour lead to the courts imposing a fine. so far our approach has been successful in getting other airports by working closely with them to improve, and as you said, heathrow

has gone from poor to good this year, which is great, we seen a focus of extra resources at heathrow and extra commitment from the management. what we've done so far has delivered but we have the forstmann tools if we need them. some disability tools aren't always visible, —— some disabilities aren't a lwa ys visible, —— some disabilities aren't always visible, how do you deal with hidden disabilities? that's been a real focus recently and we've seen good work at airports giving people the chance to see a lan yard —— have a lan yard that visibly displays the fa ct a lan yard that visibly displays the fact they need help. a focus from airports trying to understand individual passengers' needs and helping to meet those needs. good to talk to you, paul smith, the director of the civil aviation authority. lots of you getting in touch about that so we will follow that on the facebook page. that is all for now. see you later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london news, extra security is in place today to police more planned protests and marches against donald trump in the capital. disruption is expected from around 11am this morning when protesters will gather at portland place. they will march through oxford circus, down regents street and finish with a rally in parliament. mr trump has said that britons "like me a lot" and that he feels "fine" about any such protests. inspectors have found wandsworth prison in south london to be one of the most overcrowded jails in the country. the unannounced inspection during february and march found many men had drug or mental health problems but were receiving poor training and education. the chief inspector of prisons says the answer is to improve prisoner's prospects for when they leave jail. what everybody wants, and there's a huge public interest in this happening, is that people emerge from prison less likely to commit further crimes. and they re less likely to do

so if they've been able to engage in some education, some meaningful training, which could possibly lead them on to employment after they leave. the royal albert hall was lit up last night as a curtain—raiser to the bbc proms season which starts this evening. the free event saw projections onto the building accompanied by music which was being performed inside the venue. the bbc proms is the world's largest classical music festival and lasts for eight weeks from this evening. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on most of the tube this morning. london overground has minor delays between chingford and liverpool street due to the late finish of engineering work. cancellations on great northern and thameslink due to timetable changes so do check before you travel. on the roads, queues are already building up as you head northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach. due to president trump's visit, there's one lane closed on parliament square around houses of parliament, that's due to a safety barrier installation. in maida vale, harrow road

in both directions is closed from sutherland avenue to torquay street due to a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the risk of seeing a thunderstorm today. while not everyone will catch one, if you do have a thunderstorm, they have the potential to be quite heavy and cause some disruption. a cloudy start to this morning, a few patches of mist around as well. that will literally pick up, that cloud thinning and breaking to allow for some sunny spells. for the late morning through the afternoon, the potential to see one of those thunderstorms moving in from the west. the met office have the yellow weather warnings in place, the potential for some disruption and localised flooding. temperatures fairly similar to yesterday, a maximum of 26 celsius. through this evening, then, still a chance of one or two thundery showers, which should die out as we move through the night. overnight, increasing spells and the potential for some patchy mist and fog to develop. temperatures not falling too far, a few spots not getting any lower than 16 celsius.

as we move into the weekend, then, it's a fine, dry, bright and sunny start to saturday. the chance of seeing a shower into the afternoon, turning hotter as we move into sunday, with further sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back tojon and naga. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. our top story today: with friends like these... donald trump warns theresa may her brexit plan will kill any hopes of a trade deal with the us, and he backs borisjohnson as a future prime minister. with more protests planned against his visit, the us president will today meet the queen

for tea at windsor. bradley's legacy. the mother of inspirational football mascot bradley lowry will tell us of herjoy as a life—prolonging drug is made available on the nhs. i'm at wimbledon, where serena williams is through to the wimbledon women's final, just ten months after giving birth. not bearing up under the pressure. safety concerns forced a children's shop to close its doors yesterday, as shoppers scrambled for a bargain teddy bear. i will be looking at how its offer backfired. and, it is a cloudy start at wimbledon as it is across many parts of the uk. the cloud will then break, sunny spells will develop, but there are some heavy and thundery showers in today's forecast. i tell you where in 15 minutes. it is friday 13july. our top story: donald trump has

flown into britain and made an extraordinary intervention in the brexit debate. he said the prime minister's plans will probably kill any prospect of a future trade deal with the united states. the us president also criticised theresa may's strategy, and said borisjohnson would make a great prime minister. his comments were published in an interview with the sun whilst he was at a dinner with mrs may. jon donnison reports. theresa may might have been hoping the special relationship would provide some solidarity and support at a difficult time. but, in a remarkable interview, president trump said he told the prime minister, on brexit, she had got it wrong. not exactly hand—in—hand.

the president said the prime minister's vision of a brexit deal would kill any possible trade agreement with the united states. absent from the pomp and ceremony at blenheim palace, the former foreign secretary borisjohnson, a thorn in the side of theresa may, who the president would like to see make a return. hardly music to the ears of the actual prime minister. and, while there were warm words for the former mayor of london, not so much for the current one, sadiq khan. it was sadiq khan who signed off

on the trump baby blimp that protesters will float over london today. what do we want? trump out. when do we want it? now. the demonstrations against his visit had made him feel unwelcome, the president said. these people don't like anything mr trump has to say. after his latest comments, theresa may might share some of their pain. in the last hour we spoke to the political editor of the sun. he

seemed powerful, there's no two weighs about that. just the sheer operation that goes with the president when he is on this travels is quite extraordinary. the amount of cars, cadillacs, secret service agents around, you know, all the trappings of power at up to this great image of power. in the room with him, 1—to—1, he certainly isn't barack obama. he perhaps hasn't quite the poise that barack obama had as a wise and great leader of men. but, you know, he gave us one hell of an interview, and i think there is a lot to be said for answering an honest question honestly. if all politicians did that, like trump, maybe they would all be as popular as he is. because like him or loathe him over here, and opinions are very rightly split, he talks to his base. he talks to his voters, he is extremely upfront and straight and honest with them, and straight and honest with them, andi and straight and honest with them, and i think that is the absolute airdrop of all of his popularity. -- bedrock.

let's get reaction to mr trump's comments now from our political correspondent alex forsyth. there are so many lines in this, it is hard to know where to start, isn't it? what is theresa may going to make of it? we hear she found out of this interviewjust before she had to publicly shake his hand and welcome him into britain. andjust before she was making the pitch to donald trump about why uk and us trade deal would be a good thing. the timing could not have been worse and the reason that matters is this. donald trump's comments go straight to the core of the argument about brexit. he says the prime minister's proposal would limit trade deals. that is the argument the brexiteers make, that is central to why they do not like theresa may's plan, and donald trump has waded into that just as theresa may is trying to somehow keep herfragile party together and come up with some kind of compromises. and he has been pretty personal as wealth, saying he told theresa may how to do it, and has given something of a boost to

borisjohnson who is something of a rival to theresa may. he has ripped up rival to theresa may. he has ripped up this diplomatic rulebookjust as he is starting his visit to the uk. later on donald trump and theresa may will have to stand side—by—side to give a press conference. all eyes will now be on theresa may's response. will she choose to come out strong, pushing back against president trump, or will we see both leaders being more conciliatory? there is a lot at stake, that relationship between the us and the uk, but theresa may on the home front has to show that she at least thinks her brexit plan is going to work. you mentioned protocol, and thatis work. you mentioned protocol, and that is the thing. it is so unusual for a president of the united states to be so outspoken, apparently so honest, while he is here. it is extraordinary, but we know from donald trump, we have seen time and time again through his presidency, that he does not play by the rules.

and i think there is an element to him which enjoys the disruption. and thatis him which enjoys the disruption. and that is certainly what he has done here. he has made an already controversial visit even more controversial, and the choice is now for theresa may as to how she proceeds forward. we haven't heard from downing street. we are told that she found out about the comments yesterday. did she speak to him in private about it yesterday? who knows? does he know the ramifications of what he has done in fuelling the brexiteer argument? these are the things we are going to see play out very publicly this afternoon when the pair of them are stood at the podium, and i think the world's media will be watching. so what's on the agenda for president trump today?

well, he'll meet the prime minister, theresa may, at chequers this morning. that's before going on to visit the queen at windsor castle. and then he'll be flying out to his golf resort turnberry in scotland, where he'll enjoy a game of golf tomorrow. full coverage across bbc news over the next 36 hours. he has had quite a start, he is making an impact. the government should do more to help police officers dealing with the recent nerve agent poisonings in amesbury and salisbury, that's according to the police and crime commissioner for wiltshire. angus macpherson says he had been assured by ministers that the current situation was under review. however, he said rest days and annual leave had been cancelled, and a new approach was now needed. at least 200 people injapan are reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect the country in nearly a0 years. torrential rain has triggered

landslides and floods in central and western areas, with more than 8 million people ordered to leave their homes. parts of western japan have been hit with the around four months' worth of rain in the first ten days of july. some of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand will speak about their risky mission this morning when they arrive back in the uk. the team is expected to give a press conference following the 17—day sea rch—and—rescue operation. they had to navigate narrow and submerged passageways before passing the boys on stretchers through the caves to safety. a number of major airports in the uk are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers, that's according to a new report by the civil aviation authority. among them, manchester airport was given the lowest possible "poor" rating. some passengers on incoming flights were left waiting on planes for more than an hour before

assistance arrived. it says it is now working with the caa to make improvements. summer holidays are here for some and almost hear the others. nothing says summer holidays like building a sandcastle. can you compete with this one? look at that.|j sandcastle. can you compete with this one? look at that. i always get the sand water ratio wrong. this one, which has been unveiled in the grounds of dover castle, in kent, took five days and 29 tons of sand to build. 29 tons! and a lot of dedication. it's part of a campaign by english heritage to promote real castles. 29 tons equals a big bucket and spade, doesn't it? excellent effort. let's talk some more about donald trump making waves just a day into his visit to the uk.

the sun leads with their exclusive interview with donald trump. the us president's visit also leads the mail's front page. the times says the president has hit out at theresa may's exit plan. the guardian says mrs may is to step up her efforts to secure a post—brexit trade deal with the us. and the mirror also leads on mr trump's visit, saying the ego has landed. we have been hearing from a lot of people who are, shall we say, unhappy is one way of putting it, about president trump's visit. but not everyone is unhappy about president trump's visit. one london pub has even gone as far as to change its name to the trump arms in honour of his visit. we asked some of the regulars what appeals to them about the president

and what they make of the protests. he speaks to the people. not only for the majority of americans, but for, you know, the majority of people in this country, who voted brexit, who support state sovereignty, and, you know, he is just a great guy, and he is getting things done. i think he looks out for the little guy, he is willing to ta ke for the little guy, he is willing to take on topics are the politicians won't, he is bold, he is brash, and he is brilliant. he is goal oriented and he delivers on his promises. and he kind of cuts through the pc to just tell it like it is. he is rough around the edges, but from a business perspective it has been fantastic. the protesters are representative of a vocal minority. the average briton on the street wa nts to the average briton on the street wants to see trump visit this country, wants to see the special relationship continue, and wants to see a trade deal after brexit, and thatis see a trade deal after brexit, and that is the story we want to tell.

if it was a similar type of balloon put up over washington or new york of the queen we would be horrified, or even of theresa may, no matter whether you voted for her or not you would be disgusted, you know, it is not on. our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue, is outside the us ambassador‘s residence where president trump spent the night. good to see you. usually you are in washington, following what president trump is doing, and usually i would imagine the idea of him not being welcome somewhere hasn't been so prevalent. he has made that quite clear, that it has bothered him a bit. good morning. yes, he has expressed some unhappiness with the potential protests here, but he has been kept away from them, substantially, don't forget. he is going everywhere by helicopter, effectively. he is spending just this one night in central london, and he won't come face—to—face with these protesters. however, what we do know, of course, is that he is a

consumer, an avid consumer, of cable television. and even if he watches fox or cnn or whatever he watches while he is on this trip, he will see those pictures, and it will, i think, bring home to him the fact that i think he is not as popular as he likes to think he is in britain. so that will annoy him, and in many cases he blames the places he goes to, if there isn't a proper reception for him, a reception befitting his status as us president, so he won't like it very much. however, donald trump is a man who is not lacking in confidence, as we know, and he will know that much of the coverage today, because of this interview he has given to the sun newspaper, much of the coverage will focus on the difficulties he has created for theresa may, and that moment later on today when they have to stand side—by—side and take questions from the press, and she will be asked, no doubt, what do you make of his view that the uk us

trade deal is now dead. very interesting. gary, thank you very much. there was rain yesterday. it was lovely. what a relief, who would have thought it? here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. are we going to get any more rain? we are loving it! some heavy, torrential showers in the forecast today and some could lead to flash flooding. before the weather, i want to show you around a bit, this is caught 18. in 2010 it was on this court thatjohn is in, one of the semifinalists today, played nicolas mahut in the longest match in history. it was three days, 183 games, totalling 11 hours and five minutes. fading light would stop it. you can see the scoreboard in the corner, that couldn't cope with the number of games played so it was rapidly updated for the third day's play. talking of

interruptions, today we might see interruptions, today we might see interruptions because the forecast for wimbledon, although dry at the moment, the sun trying to break through, but the cloud has showers in it. if you're coming down, top temperatures around 26 with light winds. late afternoon, early evening, there's a risk. the showers i hit evening, there's a risk. the showers ihitand evening, there's a risk. the showers i hit and miss, evening, there's a risk. the showers i hitand miss, not evening, there's a risk. the showers i hit and miss, not everyone will catch one. the forecast after a cloudy start is showers developing —— are hit and miss. some could see torrential downpours. we could see heavy showers in north—west england, wales, around the pennines, for example. some in the pennines, for example. some in the west midlands. further showers developing through the morning, some getting over to the east as well. the cloud beginning, continuing to them and break with sunny spells developing. by the afternoon, likely to showers in the highlands, lothian and the borders and the southern uplands. don't take it as read that

this is where the showers will be, they will be hit and miss. a cloudy day in northern ireland but sunny spells developing. act into the showers across england and wales. not everyone will see them, if you're close to the coast you will miss them —— back into. a cloudy day around the south today. the best weather in the channel islands and cooler around the east coast, where we could miss the showers. temperatures under the cloud, 16 or around 19. generally 21 toa high cloud, 16 or around 19. generally 21 to a high of 26. through the opener, evening and overnight, we hang the showers for a while and they will fade and through the night we have a weather coming into north—west scotla nd weather coming into north—west scotland and northern ireland —— through the evening. by through the evening. by the end of the night we could get some patchy light rain. temperatures similarto some patchy light rain. temperatures similar to the nightjust gone, roughly ten to around 16. we start tomorrow with the weather front around scotland and northern ireland

producing rain, mostly in the west. eastern scotland, much of england and wales will have a dry, sunny and warm day. warm tomorrow in the east coast of england, but today, cruel. temperatures tomorrow climbing to 27 or28, temperatures tomorrow climbing to 27 or 28, unless you are under the cloud, temperatures will be lower —— cool cloud, temperatures will be lower —— cool. a weather front today still producing cloud in scotland and northern ireland with patchy rain. eastern scotland and northern ireland and wales will have a dry, sunny and hot day depending on where you are. temperatures widely in the 20, in the south—east, around 21. if you're under the cloud, temperatures will be pegged back a bit. next week will be pegged back a bit. next week will be pegged back a bit. next week will be a bit cooler, closer to the seasonal norm, but also the weather turning a bit more unsettled. a bit of rain at least. thanks very much, carol! an update from the world of business. good morning, ben. good morning.

business is trying to work out what the government's brexit white paper could mean for them and a number of financial services firms like banks and insurers have already issued warnings. among them, the insurance giant lloyds of london. its boss says it is now ‘full speed ahead' to set—up up its subsidiary in brussels and suggests other firms will do the same. can you put a price on nature? yes, apparently. living near a park or other green space could add nearly 2% to the price of your house. official figures show the uk's green open spaces are together now worth more than £130 billion. the study also suggests that the uk's trees and woodlands remove £33 billion worth of carbon dioxide from the air. here's an interesting one. an offer of cheap teddy bears had to be abandoned yesterday over safety concerns after shoppers with young children were left queuing for eight hours. build—a—bear workshop was offering customers a chance to buy any bear, which can cost up to £52, for the price of their child's age. in leeds, police were called when a mile—long queue formed.

in the next half an hour, we're going to talk about how they can get it quite so wrong. we will look at other examples of firms not getting their offer right and causing a lot of concern. build—a—bear not in the good books by a lot of kids today. not at all. ben, thanks very much! president trump has told the sun newspaper that the uk will probably not get a trade deal with the us if mrs may's brexit plan goes ahead. let's get reaction to this from the minister for europe and the americas, sir alan duncan, who is in westminsterfor us. he was at blenheim palace last night as the story broke. that must have made dinner taste a little bit sour,

didn't it? no, not really. it was a fantastic evening and i have to say, couldn't have been a better setting. the atmosphere was wonderful. the bands were great and the president and prime minister got on very well and prime minister got on very well and the president loved it. he overstayed by an hour, and everyone was very pleased with the evening. let's go through some of what he said, one of your own mps, sarah woolston, has said this morning that his comments are positive and determined to insult the prime minister. he said what theresa may is proposing on brexit is a very different dealfrom proposing on brexit is a very different deal from what the people voted on. is he right? look, the president did this interview in brussels during the nato summit, and then a white paper was published afterwards. i think the details on which he might have been working have since become more clear, the issue has moved on and the substantive details of what our deal might be with the eu, and

therefore what a trade deal might be with the us, will be discussed, i'm sure, in chequers when the prime minister and the president meet today. come on, what was in the white paper yesterday was pretty much what the prime minister announced at chequers last week, he was responding to the chequers announcement and he said it's not brexit. firstly, it is brexit and secondly, it contains with it the latitude and ability to do a gradel with the united states and indeed with any other country across the world. there is consistency in the prime minister's decision —— trade deal. i hope now we can get traction if you like in our negotiations with the eu so instead of roaring up things we wa nt to so instead of roaring up things we want to do, we can actually put into place things that are agreed and on which we can then build for our economic prosperity for the years ahead —— drawing. let me give you some other quotes from the interview. he said theresa

may didn't listen to me, boris johnson would be a great pro minister. is he right on that? i've had to make very interesting yea rs i've had to make very interesting years working as borisjohnson's deputy —— prime minister. he was and a lwa ys deputy —— prime minister. he was and always will be a larger—than—life character, as indeed is the president. —— two very interesting. i don't want to criticise boris at all. of all the public criticism of him,i all. of all the public criticism of him, isaw all. of all the public criticism of him, i saw him in action achieving some very important diplomatic su ccesses , some very important diplomatic successes, much of which was through the force of his personality. i do no more than say that i enjoyed working with him and i thank him for his time as foreign secretary. it's not about boris johnson his time as foreign secretary. it's not about borisjohnson and what you think of borisjohnson, it's about the fact the president of the united states is publicly saying on the record as he arrives in the uk as on the record as he arrives in the ukasa on the record as he arrives in the uk as a guest of the prime minister that someone who has just quit her cabinet over brexit would make a great prime minister. i mean, it's

incredibly embarrassing for theresa may, this, however elegantly you try and spin it. how could it be worse? no, i don't think so. we know this is in the nature of the character of the president. he himself is a larger than life figure. no, i think that when it comes to the actual meetings of sitting down and discussing detail, it will cover the many areas on which we co—operate so deeply. defence, military, trade, intelligence. there are no two countries in the world compared with the us and the uk who worked together as closely as we do. it's remarkable. the comments of one headline in the sun are not in a nyway headline in the sun are not in anyway going to impede the success of what i think has been a well organised visit, coming as it does ata organised visit, coming as it does at a crucial moment between the nato summit in brussels the day before yesterday and yesterday, and the

president's planned visit to helsinki afterwards to see president putin. a crucial moment for the prime minister as she tries to sell brexit to her party and the public and tries to get through her vision, that's why this is so potentially damaging, the president of the united states can fly in... this isn't just a story united states can fly in... this isn'tjust a story in the sun, these are his words, this is an interview, it's what he said. you're quite right, it's a crucial moment, and the prime minister really very due to fully and steadily over the two years since the referendum has worked her way and the way of the country towards and the way of the country towards an agenda which can we hope now be put into an agreement with the european union —— dutifully. put into an agreement with the european union -- dutifully. i'm confident that along with that the relationship with the united states will remain as solid as ever, and also that the issues of a deal with the eu and the trade deal with the us can be married up in a consistent

way in the months and years ahead so that we will both prosper in our dealings with the eu and with the us. siralan duncan, thank us. sir alan duncan, thank you very much indeed. let's see what today brings, theresa may and donald trump will appear at theresa may and donald trump will appearata theresa may and donald trump will appear at a press conference side—by—side a little bit later on. it's a test in diplomacy, isn't it? a real test in diplomacy. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. donald trump has criticised the mayor, sadiq khan, saying he's done a carameljob. —— terriblejob. he made the coments in an interview with the sun newspaper. meanwhile, extra security is in place today to police more planned protests and marches against donald trump in the capital. disruption is expected from around 11 this morning when protesters will gather at portland place. they will march through oxford circus, down regents street and finish with a rally

in parliament. the mayor of london will be speaking live to vanessa feltz on radio london, that's at 9:45am this mornig. —— morning. london's financial services industry suffered a 29% drop injob openings in the year tojune according to a report. the recruitment firm morgan mckinley claims the number ofjobs available last month dropped by nearly a third year—on—year. it says uncertainty over brexit may have had an effect, citing plans by hsbc to move up to one thousand of its staff to paris. a scheme which banned cars from three croydon primary schools during the school run is to be made permanent and could now be rolled out across the borough. it was trialled last september after parents and residents raised concerns about the number of vehicles on the road. one school says it's noticed that the street has since become much saferfor children. the royal albert hall was lit up last night as a curtain—raiser to the bbc proms season, which starts this evening. the free event saw projections onto the building accompanied

by music which was being performed inside the venue. the bbc proms is the world's largest classical music festival and lasts for eight weeks from this evening. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. all lines are running well. cancellations on great northern and thameslink due to timetable changes, so do check before you travel. on the roads, marylebone flyover is busy but moving as you head into town. as you can see on the right of the picture. due to president trump's visit, there's one lane closed on parliament square around houses of parliament. that's due to a safety barrier installation. let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the risk of seeing a thunderstorm today. while not everyone will catch one, if you do have a thunderstorm, they have the potential to be quite heavy and cause some disruption. a cloudy start to this morning, a few patches of mist around as well. that will literally pick up, that cloud thinning and breaking to allow for some sunny spells. for the late morning through the afternoon,

the potential to see one of those thunderstorms moving in from the west. the met office have the yellow weather warnings in place, the potential for some disruption and localised flooding. temperatures fairly similar to yesterday, a maximum of 26 celsius. through this evening, then, still a chance of one or two thundery showers, which should die out as we move through the night. overnight, increasing spells and the potential for some patchy mist and fog to develop. temperatures not falling too far, a few spots not getting any lower than 16 celsius. as we move into the weekend, then, it's a fine, dry, bright and sunny start to saturday. the chance of seeing a shower into the afternoon, turning hotter as we move into sunday, with further sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: president trump has flown

into britain and made an extraordinary intervention in the brexit debate, saying the prime minister's plans for britain leaving the eu will probably kill any prospect of a future trade deal with the united states. in an interview with the sun newspaper, mr trump said mrs may had not listened to his advice on the issue. he praised boris johnson, who resigned as foreign secretary on monday in protest against the government's position, saying he would make a great prime minister. some of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand will speak about their risky mission this morning, when they arrive back in the uk. the team is expected to give a press conference following the 17—day sea rch—and—rescue operation. they had to navigate narrow and submerged passageways, before passing the boys on stretchers through the caves to safety. at least 200 people injapan are reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect

the country in nearly a0 years. torrential rain has triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas, with more than 8 million people ordered to leave their homes. parts of western japan have been hit with around four months' worth of rain in the first ten days of july. a number of major airports in the uk are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers — that is according to a new report by the civil aviation authority. among them, manchester airport was given the lowest—possible "poor" rating. some passengers on incoming flights were left waiting on planes for more than an hour before assistance arrived. it says it is now working with the caa to make improvements. those are around new headlines. coming up on the programme: carol will have your weekend weather forecast. that is in ten minutes. talking about wimbledon, the lovely michael. where are you? well, centre

court, naturally. right up in the god's. by seat 305. you can see the deflating feeling, nothing to do with the mood, but they have just taken the covers off, or are about to, the roof is halfway covered, just to protect centre court from early sunshine. but it is all grey overhead, i am early sunshine. but it is all grey overhead, iam not early sunshine. but it is all grey overhead, i am not sure what carol has done. not blaming her, she is lovely. we all know that. today the men's semifinals kick off, rafael nadal against novak djokovic, the 51st meeting between those two, and kevin anderson who knocked out roger federer, againstjohn isner. and this was the scene of such emotion. serena williams made her 10th women's singles final. serena williams in into her tenth wimbledon final, just ten months after giving birth.

she came through her semi—final againstjulia goerges in straight sets, as she looks to win her 2ath grand slam title, and tie margaret court's all—time record. it is quite an achievement considering the health problems she had after giving birth to her daughter last september. i had a really tough delivery, and, you know, i had to have multiple surgeries, and almost didn't make it, to be honest. and so i remember i couldn't even walk to my mailbox, so it's definitely not normal for me to be in the wimbledon final. so i'm taking everything as it is, and just enjoying every moment. and she will face angelique kerber in the final, in a repeat of the 2016 showpiece. kerber beatjelena ostapenko, also in straight sets. and, at number11, she is the highest seed left in the tournament, after so many of the top seeds were knocked out in the opening week. jamie murray and partner

victoria azarenka are through to the semi—finals of the mixed doubles. they came back from a set down to beat the dutch fourth seeds. they now face the british pair harriet dart and jay clarke in the last four. murray won the mixed doubles title last year with the now—retired martina hingis. there was disappointment, though, for dominic inglot and his croatian partner, franko skugor. they managed to overcome their world cup rivalry, but could not overcome the american pairing ofjack sock and mike bryan, losing in five sets. in the men's wheelchair singles, alfie hewett is through to his second wimbledon semi—final in a row. the second seed beat france's stephane houdet, a man more than double his age, in straight sets. hewett will meet the defending champion, stefan olsson, next. but the 2016 champion, gordon reid, is suprisingly out.

he lost to belgium'sjoachim gerard in straight sets. hewett and reid begin their doubles campaign today, as they aim for a hat—trick of wimbledon doubles titles. the sounds behind me are those removing covers. so it is men's semi—finals day at wimbledon today. up first is the man who knocked out roger federer, kevin anderson. he is up against another big server in john isner. then it is time for rafael nadal against novak djokovic. it is their 51st meeting, more than any other two men in the open era. coverage starts on bbc two at 12:30pm. the chelsea manager, antonio conte, is set to leave the club after two years in charge. it wasn't exactly one of the best—kept secrets of the summer, but it is now understood that former napoli boss and fellow italian maurizio sarri will replace him. conte won the league in his first campaign, but relations soured last season, despite an fa cup win in may.

there is one manager who is very happy, though. steven gerrard led rangers to a 2—0 victory over macedonian side fk shkupi in his first game in charge last night. rangers will play the second leg of their europa league first round qualifier next tuesday. england's cricketers begun their one—day series against india with a heavy defeat at trent bridge. they managed only 268 with the bat, kuldeep yadav with six wickets. the tourists comfortably reached their target with ten overs remaining, rohit sharma scoring an unbeating 137. they face each other again on saturday. and it was a great day for irish cycling at the tour de france, as dan martin held off race leader greg van avermaet and team sky's geraint thomas to claim his first stage win for five years. thomas is up to second place overall, whilst fellow sky rider

chris froome sits in 1ath, after finishing further back. we will get a full view of centre court in one—hour, before i come back with carol. we will be talking to tim henman about the prospects for the day, reflecting on serena williams's amazing comeback here.|j bet that are asked to do with a bit of rain. a few drops. they have kept it really well, we were talking about it yesterday. there is certainly some rain in the air. carol will tell us more about that later. a treatment for the rare cancer neuroblastoma will be made available on the nhs, after a discounted price was agreed with the manufacturer. the drug had previously been deemed too expensive, as alison freeman now reports. normality had been a luxury for

hope, after she was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer neuroblastoma in 201a. but now it is a reality, after she underwent immunotherapy treatment, which has so far kept her cancer at dave. when she was first diagnosed, she was met. she wouldn't speak, she couldn't speak. so now that she can, there is no shutting herup that she can, there is no shutting her up sometimes, it is brilliant. it is absolutely fantastic, and i believe with all of my heart it is because of the immunotherapy. neuroblastoma was the same cancer suffered by bradley lowery, the young sunderland fan who died almost a year ago. he was given the drug in a year ago. he was given the drug in a trial. the foundation set up in his name has been fighting for that immunotherapy drug to be made available on the nhs. initially it

had been deemed too expensive, but now it has been given the go—ahead. every year, around 100 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma. without immunothera py drugs, diagnosed with neuroblastoma. without immunotherapy drugs, these children face an 80% chance of relapse after existing treatment. but, with the drugs, that figure drops to 60%. kelly doesn't know what the future holds for her family, but she believes the treatment is the best chance for other children with the disease. as we heard in that report, six—year—old bradley died last year, but had gained some relief from the drug dinutuximab. his mother, gemma, joins us now. thank you for itjoining us, and i know the anniversary is a particularly difficult time for you, but if we can talk about this drug, how do to help bradley? well, bradley went into this treatment with active cancer, and once he had

had the immunotherapy, the dinutuximab, he came out cancer free. so in my mind, this dinutuximab ab got bradley cancer free and we had a brilliant 18 months of normality with them. so you think that drug gave him precious extra time. absolutely, you know, he wouldn't have had that extra time if it wasn't for that drug it was normal conventional chemotherapy is were not working on bradley. so what is your reaction to hearing that other families will now be getting this drug on the nhs? i know it is something you have been fighting for. absolutely, you know, it is amazing the amount of stress it is amazing the amount of stress it has relieved for our families, and families fighting against this disease in the uk. it isjust unbelievable, and they shouldn't have to worry about raising funds for this drug, when it is available. it is fantastic that the drugs company and nice have worked together and found a price that suits both parties. and when you

have heard other people being told it is too expensive and we can't afford it on the nhs, how has that made you feel until now? it isjust heartbreaking seeing these families stress so much. you go through enough, the families are torn apart, the children are fighting for their lives, and it is heartbreaking to see they won't be able to get this drug. but now they are going to get it, the relief on their faces and in their voices isjust it, the relief on their faces and in their voices is just amazing. it, the relief on their faces and in their voices isjust amazing. it is a way forward for cancer treatment. i suppose the trouble is, for a national health service, money is a lwa ys national health service, money is always going to be limited. drugs are expensive, and tough decisions have to be made. this particular drug, it looks like it is going to get the go—ahead. but it is difficult for the doctors and managers and politicians to know which ones they can afford to give out. absolutely, and that is why it is crucial that the drugs companies and nice work together, like they have done on this occasion, to negotiate a reasonable price for both parties. how are you guys doing, a year after you lost little

bradley lowery. i think we all felt so much for you, because he became such a fixture in all of our lives, didn't he? yes, i have my good days andi didn't he? yes, i have my good days and i have my very bad days. and it has just and i have my very bad days. and it hasjust gone a and i have my very bad days. and it has just gone a year, and to be honest, i wasn't very good at all. i don't think any parent would be good, but i get up and i get dressed andi good, but i get up and i get dressed and i go to work because i am fighting for these other families. and if i can make a difference with at least one family, then that makes me feel better, and carrying bradley's legacy on. i get the impression from you that that fight has really given you a massive sense of purpose over the last year, has it, trying to help these families. and it seems to have worked, your campaign has paid off. absolutely, and that is why i live now, that is why i am here. ijust want to fight and do as much as i can to get these families safer treatment for them. what do you fight for next, the? this particular drug has been allowed. is this an ongoing

campaign, or is your work done? no, absolutely not. there is always something that we can campaign for. we need more money put into research, because the government don't actually put any money into neuroblastoma research at the moment. so i am hoping to try and campaign and get some money put in. because at the moment it is just charities like ourselves, the gap neuroblastoma uk, who helped support cancer research, they put 1% of funding into childhood cancer. we need more funding in research to get safer treatment are our children. need more funding in research to get safer treatment are our childrenm sounds like you are doing an incredible job, sounds like you are doing an incrediblejob, and sounds like you are doing an incredible job, and i sounds like you are doing an incrediblejob, and i am sure there will be a lot of families now and in the future who will thank you a lot for your work. we were all thinking about bradley this week watching the world cup, and i am sure you were as well. and i bet he would have loved this week, wouldn't he? he would have, he would have been over the moon. he loved the attention and he loved the football. he will be up there watching. and a lot of the

players have been tweeting and messaging about him today and saying that he is still very much in all of their minds, and in our minds as well. thank you very much indeed. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: a special relationship under strain, donald trump condemns britain's brexit blueprint as he prepares to visit the prime minister and the queen. heroes return. the british divers who helped to rescue 12 thai schoolboys are on their way home. we had a view of centre court earlier with mike earlier, a bit cloudy, some rain around for some of us. carol, you were on the centre court as well? iam indeed, i am indeed, naga, iam indeed, naga, we've i am indeed, naga, we've been talking about how magnificent it looks, the plants are still alive, how do they do it? neal stubbly knows, you are heads,, gonna —— you

are head of courts and horticulture, how do you do it? we need the right amount of water to get the grass on the baselines right. the weather has been spectacular this year, we've hardly had any rain, as yourjob been harder as a result? if anything it is slightly easier because you get that weather pattern that is nice and stable —— has yourjob. wiebe the right amount of water in the evening knowing we've got good weather in the evening, it will be dry patch we put the right. what's the biggest challenge? the heat and humidity and making sure that we are one step ahead of it —— we put the right. we're constantly measuring the readings of the court, taking over 18,000 hardness readings rue the championships on all the courts, it's making sure we get the right out water on and make sure the plant stays healthy — — out water on and make sure the plant stays healthy —— through the championships. when it dries out it

gets more dusty. it's making sure we gets more dusty. it's making sure we get the numbers right. does the weather affect the speed or the court —— of the court, orfor weather affect the speed or the court —— of the court, or for that matter, when the roof is closed, will that affect the speed? the ball will that affect the speed? the ball will travel faster when it is hot because there's less friction on the ball. when the court is harder the ball. when the court is harder the ball will come up higher, the speed stays the same, it gives the players are the second more reaction time to control the ball. a pleasure to speak to you, you're doing a fantasticjob, speak to you, you're doing a fantastic job, thank you speak to you, you're doing a fantasticjob, thank you very much. as you can see behind me, a cloudy start at wimbledon but brightening up, the forecast today is a sunny one but there's the risk of some thunderstorms. if we see them, and it is an if, it will be late afternoon or early evening, there could be heavy and slow—moving. the forecast for the uk is a cloudy start but it will think and break with sunny spells developing, some will see thunderstorms. slow—moving,

heavy and it could lead to flash flooding issues. this morning, we've already got heavy showers in northern england, through parts of wales, heading to the west midlands and further showers will develop in central and southern england and then we'll see them in most of northern england and through parts of southern scotland. away from that, a lot of dry weather. the west and south coast of today will be nice and the channel islands will see the best sunshine. in the afternoon, we are not immune to the showers. in parts of the highlands, lothian and the borders, southern uplands, but they will be hit and miss. a cloudy start in northern ireland. generally cloudy today with a few sunny spells developing, but in northern england, the west midlands, wales and central and southern england, the south—east, this is where we're looking at some showers developing, hence the risk at wimbledon. as i mentioned, slow—moving. if you're out of those, temperatures could get up to 26 today, like here at wimbledon, but if you're under the cloud,

temperatures will be that lower and cool along the english channel coastline and also the east coast coastline. this evening we will hang on to the showers and eventually they will fade away. by the end of they will fade away. by the end of the night a weather front coming in across north—west scotland and northern ireland will introduce bigger cloud and light rain. we could see mist and fog patches forming, temperatures similar tonight to the one just gone. tomorrow we start with that weather front in scotland and northern ireland, again producing a bit more cloud, the wind will have strengthened by them as well and we'll also be looking at some of that rain. for eastern scotland, all of england and wales, it will be dry, hot and sunny with temperatures widely into the mid—20s and for some the high twenties. wimbledon, 27 or 28. on sunday, we still have the weather front in scotland and northern ireland so still a bit of cloud around. light and patchy rain. eastern scotland, england and wales will again have another hot and sunny day. by then, temperatures at

wimbledon could be 31 for the men's final. generally we're looking at the mid—to—high teens ease. then if you're crying out for some rain, it looks like next week the weather's going to turn a little bit more u nsettled going to turn a little bit more unsettled with temperatures back to the seasonal norm —— mid—to—high teens twenties. ican hear i can hear the lawnmowers whizzing around behind you. refusing to be distracted! either that or it was a was a really big bee. ben got really upset yesterday because you couldn't get the build—a—bear you wanted! i wasn't because i wasn't prepared tojoina mile i wasn't because i wasn't prepared tojoin a mile long queue! good morning. queues snaked outside build—a—bear stores yesterday all because the chain misjudged just how much customers want a bargain. take a look at this. this is the queue in exeter would you believe it. just one of many around the country. so what is it that makes us go mad for marketing campaigns like this? and how can they backfire? we can talk now to shalini vohra,

a senior lecturer in marketing at sheffield university. good morning. good morning. i posed the question, it's got us talking about it, but from a marketing point of view, not good news for the company? any company when they launch a promotion, they wanted to be successful. it's got us talking about it, it's made the news but what they didn't predict was the amount of time it would take in the build—a—bear isn't just go amount of time it would take in the build—a—bear isn'tjust go in, by the teddy bear and quickly go out, it is an experience and you want the child to choose the teddy bear and it takes a few minutes to stuff the teddy bear so that's what they should have thought about. but you're right, it is worth considering that they want people to talk about it. it should be a newsworthy item. shopping with children is difficult at the best of

times, how angry will the parents be about this? well, if you got a four—year—old and a five year, two kids and you promised them a teddy bear and they've been waiting for eight hours and didn't get one, they're going to be very disappointed. there will be lots of unhappy customers, children and parents. when you're shopping for anything with kids, when there's a queue, it's a struggle at the best of times. they will be quite unhappy i think. the point of exercises like this is to create hype and excitement, the whole idea, we like a bargain because not everyone can get it. it's a fine line retailers have to tread, isn't it? about absolutely, and you don't want to miss out, you want to be the one who says i got this teddy bear for £5 or 80% discount —— who says i got this teddy bear for £5 or 80% discount -- absolutely. at £5 or 8096 discount -- absolutely. at the same time people now know they could have got itchy per and they could have got itchy per and they didn't. i suspect that will have a bearing on whether they choose to buy build—a—bear again ——

could have got it cheaper. excuse the pun! lots of people will resent the fact they are being charged by pounds or £10 instead of less. how do they make those customers happier? they are offering vouchers, but what they need to do is provide customers the experience that they've clearly missed out on. pa rents that they've clearly missed out on. parents have been waiting in queues, there's the escalation of commitment, i waited for an hour. they give it more time. they need to invite some of them back and give them a positive and assured experience to win back some of the people. next time they will be more cleverly justice people. next time they will be more cleverlyjustice league, people. next time they will be more cleverly justice league, may thinking about limiting it to a number of people rather than every teddy bear and everyone can come —— clever logistically. it's not the last time this will happen, other firms have done this. lots of people

remember in the 19805 there was the flights with hoover, too many people got the free flights for buying a vacuum cleaner. this isn't the first time? mattarella a while ago was sold at 80% discount and almost riots happened in shops and there we re riots happened in shops and there were black eyes and bloody hands —— nutella. there's a fine line between a bargain and creating chao5 nutella. there's a fine line between a bargain and creating chaos and negative emotions in supermarkets, possibly endangering even children in this case. a fascinating story. shalini vohra, thanks for explaining. we've had a statement from build—a—bear, they 5ay statement from build—a—bear, they say they will give out vouchers to anyone ina say they will give out vouchers to anyone in a queue 5o say they will give out vouchers to anyone in a queue so you can take that into the store. they will allow people to do it online, if you log into your account they will give you a voucher and they will be available to use until the end of august. but they don't want repeats of people running back with vouchers, they say we strongly encourage gue5t5 running back with vouchers, they say we strongly encourage guests to delay their trip to the store. give

ita delay their trip to the store. give it a bit of time. that's all from me. more later. i wonder if you get as many vouchers more later. i wonder if you get as many vouchers as more later. i wonder if you get as many vouchers as your more later. i wonder if you get as many vouchers as your age. more later. i wonder if you get as many vouchers as your age. may be how far back in the queue you were with the relevant to the size of the voucher. where were you in the queue? i wasn't in the queue! it depends on how much they might charge me based on my age! still to come, sadiq khan refused to block plans to fly the giant inflata ble block plans to fly the giant inflatable trump baby balloon, he's been accused by the president of doing a terriblejob been accused by the president of doing a terrible job as mayor over last yea r‘s doing a terrible job as mayor over last year's terror attacks. fairto last year's terror attacks. fair to say they aren't big fans of each other. we will be talking to the mayor in the next half an hour. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. donald trump has criticised the mayor sadiq khan, saying he's done a terrible job. he made the comments in an interview

with the sun newspaper. meanwhile, extra security is in place today to police more planned protests and marches against the president in the capital. disruption is expected from around 11am this morning when protester5 will gather at portland place. they will march through oxford circus, down regents street and finish with a rally in parliament. the mayor of london will be speaking live to vanessa feltz on radio london, that's at 9:a5am this morning. london's financial services industry suffered a 29% drop injob openings in the year tojune according to a report. the recruitment firm morgan mckinley claims the number ofjobs available last month dropped by nearly a third year—on—year. it says uncertainty over brexit may have had an effect, citing plans by hsbc to move up to one thousand of its staff to paris. a scheme which banned cars from three croydon primary schools during the school run is to be made permanent and could now be rolled out across the borough. it was trialled last september after parents

and residents raised concerns about the number of vehicles on the road. one school says it's noticed that the street has since become much saferfor children. the royal albert hall was lit up last night as a curtain—raiser to the bbc proms season, which starts this evening. the free event saw projections onto the building accompanied by music which was being performed inside the venue. the bbc proms is the world's largest classical music festival and lasts for eight weeks from this evening. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. cancellations on great northern and thameslink due minor delays we've just heard of on the bakerloo minor delays we've just heard of on the ba kerloo line. cancellations on great northern and thameslink due to timetable changes so do check before you travel. on the roads, marylebone flyover is busy but moving as you head into town. due to president trump's visit, there's one lane closed on parliament square around houses of parliament. that's due to a safety barrier installation.

let's have a check on the weather now with lucy martin. hello, good morning. the risk of seeing a thunderstorm today. while not everyone will catch one, if you do have a thunderstorm, they have the potential to be quite heavy and cause some disruption. a cloudy start to this morning, a few patches of mist around as well. that will literally pick up, that cloud thinning and breaking to allow for some sunny spells. for the late morning through the afternoon, the potential to see one of those thunderstorms moving in from the west. the met office have the yellow weather warnings in place, the potential for some disruption and localised flooding. temperatures fairly similar to yesterday, a maximum of 26 celsius. through this evening, then, still a chance of one or two thundery showers, which should die out as we move through the night. overnight, increasing spells and the potential for some patchy mist and fog to develop. temperatures not falling too far, a few spots not getting any lower than 16 celsius. as we move into the weekend, then, it's a fine, dry, bright and sunny start to saturday. the chance of seeing a shower into the afternoon, turning hotter as we move into sunday, with further sunshine. i'm back with the

latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to breakfast. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our top story today... with friends like these... donald trump warns theresa may her brexit plan will kill any hopes of a trade deal with the us. and he backs borisjohnson as a future prime minister. i actually told theresa may how to do it, but she didn't agree, she

didn't listen to me. pitting one against the other, i'm just saying i think he'd be a great prime minister -- i'm think he'd be a great prime minister —— i'm not pitting one against the other. i think he has what it takes, and the attitude. with more protests planned against his visit, the us president will today meet the queen for tea at windsor. good morning from centre court. i'm at wimbledon, where serena williams is through to the wimbledon women's finaljust ten months after giving birth. this is her tenth wimbledon final. better, but not good enough. why our biggest airports are still failing disabled travellers — and what's being done to make things better. and at wimbledon it is a cloudy start, as it is across much of the rest of the uk. the cloud will thin and break, we will see sunny spells but there are torrential thunderstorms in the forecast. i will tell you where in 15 minutes. it's friday 13th july.

our top story... donald trump has flown into britain and made an extraordinary intervention in the brexit debate. he said the prime minister's plans will probably kill any prospect of a future trade deal with the united states. what else did he say? boris johnson would make a great prime minister. his comments were published in an interview with the sun whilst he was at a dinner with mrs may. jon donnison reports. theresa may might have been hoping the special relationship would provide some solidarity and support at a difficult time. but, in a remarkable interview, president trump said he told the prime minister, on brexit, she had got it wrong. not exactly hand—in—hand.

the president said the prime minister's vision of a brexit deal would kill any possible trade agreement with the united states. absent from the pomp and ceremony at blenheim palace, the former foreign secretary boris johnson, a thorn in the side of theresa may, who the president would like to see make a return. hardly music to the ears of the actual prime minister. and, while there were warm words for the former mayor of london, not so much for the current one, sadiq khan. it was sadiq khan who signed off

on the trump baby blimp that protesters will float over london today. what do we want? trump out. when do we want it? now. the demonstrations against his visit had made him feel unwelcome, the president said. these people don't like anything mr trump has to say. after his latest comments, theresa may might share some of their pain. so much to get our teeth into! in the last hour we spoke to the sun's political editor, tom newton dunn, who told us about his encounter with president trump.

he seemed powerful, there's no two ways about that. just the sheer operation that goes with the president when he is on these travels is quite extraordinary. the amount of cars, cadillacs, secret service agents around, you know, all the trappings of power add up to this great image of power. in the room with him, one—to—one, he certainly isn't barack obama. he perhaps hasn't quite the poise that barack obama had, as a wise and great leader of men. but, you know, he gave us one hell of an interview, and i think there's a lot to be said for answering an honest question honestly. if all politicians did that, like trump, maybe they would all be as popular as he is. because, like him or loathe him over here, and opinions are very rightly split, he talks to his base. he talks to his voters, he's extremely upfront and straight and honest with them, and i think that is the absolute bedrock of all of his popularity. in a moment, we'll speak to our washington

correspondent, gary o'donoghue. but first, let's get reaction from westminster with our political correspondent, alex forsyth. jon took the words out of my mouth, we have so much to get our teeth into now. the timing of this could not have been more exquisite in terms of journalism, but not have been more exquisite in terms ofjournalism, but it is not great for theresa may? definitely not. it was always going to be a fascinating and controversial visit but now it is even more contentious, the comments made by mr trump go straight to the heart of brexit. her own brexiteers say that theresa may's brexit plan will prevent the uk doing trade deals, the president of the us has said the same, that will fuel the argument make a much harderfor will fuel the argument make a much harder for theresa may to sell her proposals. at the foreign office

minister alan duncan said that president trump made those comments before he saw the full detail of the plant and it will be discussed today. he thought that this was going to be a success, theresa may president trump had lot to talk about in their discussions at chequers. it'll be one of the many areas in which we can operate so deeply, defence, military, trade, intelligence. there are no two countries in the world, compared with the us and uk, who worked together as closely as we do. it is remarkable. the comments of one headline in the sun will not in any way impede the success of what i think there's been a well—organised visit, coming as it does at a crucial moment between the nato summit in brussels the day before yesterday and yesterday, and the president's planned visit to helsinki afterwards to see president putin. ministers may say this is the

presidentjust using typically colourful language but he has undermined key points of theresa may's leadership. the question is how did she responds, there are diplomatic protocols around this, president trump as in the past and seemingly again ripped up the rule book. theresa may tends to stick to it. this afternoon they will give a press co nfe re nce it. this afternoon they will give a press conference at chequers and many people will ask whether this is theresa may's hugh grant love actually moment, or will we see more conciliatory tones, because the us and the uk are pretty close allies, there is lots at stake. i am interested to hear from you, you have covered the politics seen for yea rs, have covered the politics seen for years, ina have covered the politics seen for years, in a few moments we will speak to sadiq khan. that spot between him and donald trump over twitter is amusing to observe, but now we're getting to the nitty—gritty, are these unusual times? undoubtedly. president trump

is undoubtedly a very unusual president in the way he approaches things, he does not do what other people do. some people love him for that because he is a plain speaking, straight shooting guy who says des heaters. of course we find some of this mildly amusing, but behind it are serious policy issues. the relationship between the us and the uk is crucial, on the domestic front theresa may's brexit plans are absolutely crucial, she has a very divided party and how she proceeds from here at the negotiations is vital to the future of the country. you might look at this and roll your eyes, but behind this is very serious policy and theresa may's response will be vital today? thanks very much, gary. gary o'donoghue often speaks to us from washington. now he is outside the us

ambassador‘s residence in london by the president of the first lady spent the night. we expect this to bea spent the night. we expect this to be a big visit to the uk, but this interview has changed everything?! we know donald trump is the great disrupter, that we know donald trump is the great disru pter, that is we know donald trump is the great disrupter, that is his appeal to many of his supporters. that is his own view of himself and what he does. he did it in brussels yesterday, he is doing it in london and the uk today. as alex said, you are dealing with some very serious and contentious policy issues, you are dealing with the stability of the uk government, the delicacy of the uk government, the delicacy of the eu negotiations that theresa may was entering into, and all of these things, donald trump will be aware of to some extent, it is not clear how much of the detail he was a cross in terms of theresa may's plans. what you will see at chequers over lunch, before we see them

standing together, is an absolutely determined efforts by her to explain the detail and explain why if she goes down this path it will not mean the us having to negotiate with the eu ona the us having to negotiate with the eu on a bilateral post brexit deal. that is crucial. don't forget, the great pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the end of the brexit rainbow, the end of the brexit rainbow, is this uk/ us trade deal, thatis rainbow, is this uk/ us trade deal, that is what the economic success is pinned on and something that is absolutely central and crucial to theresa may selling is notjust to the british people but the world. there is a lot at stake. having said that, the special relationship has a lwa ys that, the special relationship has always been a bit more special for the uk than the us, there is a running joke in washington that every leader who turns up that is america's closest ally, but there are america's closest ally, but there a re key america's closest ally, but there are key elements of this transatlantic partnership, particularly on areas like intelligence, where they work absolutely hand in glove. if those

things are damaged by this kind of falling out, both countries will suffer. gary, we're talking about the politics and we should talk about the protest. we saw some last night at blenheim palace, we can see the massive security behind you where the president spent the night. i wonder what he makes of that? he is used to the security, of course. he travels in an armoured m oto rca d es course. he travels in an armoured motorcades and a helicopter, pretty much for the whole of this trip, he will be taking off from here in a few minutes' time. we know he does not like the protests, he thinks they are disrespectful, that is why he has lashed out at london mayor sadiq khan. they have formed, their spats go back a couple of years. the london mayor was on the radio saying it is not to me to decide the taste of these protesters, whether they wa nt to of these protesters, whether they want to fly a 20 foot high balloon

in the shape of a baby above westminster, not only to say. the president does not see things like that, he thinks the places he goes can organise things so they are nice for him, so he won't like it. he won't get very close to it, but as an avid consumer of cable news he will see the pictures without question, and he will be cross. thank you very much indeed, gary o'donoghue. you mentioned sadiq khan on the spats between him and donald trump and we can get his reaction. hejoins us from trump and we can get his reaction. he joins us from westminster. thank you very much forjoining us, sadiq khan. it is interesting talking to you today, we have had a political correspondence analysing the impact of president trump's visit and the comments he has made. his comments about you, you must have seen and heard them. what is your reaction?” will not get involved in a ding—dong with president trump about his use

of me, but today and tomorrow in london protests are taking place. today there are protests around president trump, his politics, policies and what he stands for. tomorrow there will be protests from extreme far right groups and prodrug supporters. the key thing is that these protests a re supporters. the key thing is that these protests are allowed but they must take place in a peaceful manner. “— must take place in a peaceful manner. —— protests from far right groups and pro—trump supporters. freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of protest are rights we share with the us and one of the reasons for the special relationship are those values, freedom of protest and freedom of speech. i want to talk to you about what president trump said about you, this spat between you has gone on for quite awhile on media. i will just place of the interview he did with tom newton dunn of the sun. sadiq khan, there two aspects to the clip we just played. the first is his comments about how london is run

andi his comments about how london is run and i would like to talk about that ina and i would like to talk about that in a moment. the other part is, this is now personal between you two. he has said you have done a terrible job, a bad job, has said you have done a terrible job, a badjob, you have has said you have done a terrible job, a bad job, you have not been hospitable, he doesn't like you.” am not going to lose any sleep president trump doesn't like me. the key thing gives that london like other cities across the world are grappling with the evil of terrorism. last year, we lost 1a people because of these terrorists. manchester lost 22, cities from nice, paris, berlin, brussels have lost many more people because of the axe of terrorists and we stand united against them. it is for president trump to explain why he has singled me out being responsible for these acts of terrorism and no of the mayor all we do. i am also clear that although there has been an increase in violent crime across england and wales including london over the last four years, the rise in crime is not because of

immigration from north africa or anybody else and that is for president trump to explain why he thinks there is a link between immigration to europe and the rising crime in our country and other parts of europe. quite clear, immigration has brought huge benefits to our city and country economically, socially and culturally and it is really important we stand up for those values we hold dear. you have address the points in the latter pa rt address the points in the latter part of my question. going that the first part. he doesn't like you and the problem is with you saying you are not going to lose any sleep, you are not going to lose any sleep, you are the mayor of our capital, a massive part of the financial income of gdp for the uk, you represent the capital of the uk. trading relationship is important, a decent trading relationship, with the united states, our biggest trading partner, you are not that relationship. our biggest trading partner is the eu but america is a very important trading partner and one of the contributions made by americans in relation to the jobs they create and the wealthy create a

glass to mcgreevey is, i have been really proud to work with american companies. apple, google, facebook and others. as they have expanded their operations in london, creating jobs in london. it is important we distinguish the views of the protests against trump what he stands for and america and americans. i love america and americans. i love america and americans and i have spoken to many londoners, some of them who call themselves londoners who are americans, who will be joining themselves londoners who are americans, who will bejoining in the protest today. one of the things americans love about the city is the rates we have here, the right to protest a nd rates we have here, the right to protest and have free speech, the right to freedom of assembly and the idea we would cut those rights because it may cause offence to president trump or anybody else americans would find objectionable because their own constitution have enshrined in it the freedom of speech and the freedom to protest and freedom to assemble. reading the speeches from franklin to jefferson,

the founding fathers, they talk about the freedom of free speech and freedom to protest. our own constitution has these rights enshrined as well and it is not for me to be the arbiter of good taste. i have to make sure the protest today are peaceful and safe. we have spoken about the us being our individual biggest trading partner, it comes down to this, diplomacy. you are the mayor of london and he is the president of the united states, somebody has to be the bigger person and take the higher ground, you are letting this balloon that depicts him as a baby fly over the capital when he is visiting. you have had this fight with him on social media and spitter —— and twitter for a couple of years, is it not time to say, it will be the bigger person and take the high ground? you raise a good point, i would like you and your viewers to compare and contrast the tweets the president has said against me and my response. you have asked me for big questions to response to president

trump andi questions to response to president trump and i have not been disrespectful to him as the office holder of the president. but the idea i would stop a balloon flying over london because it may cause offence and curtail the rights people have to protest when it is not u nsafe people have to protest when it is not unsafe all not peaceful, people would find astonishing. i grew up in the 19805 watching spitting image where every week, ronald reagan as a puppet without a brain was on. i didn't see president reagan and planing being thin—skinned, president reagan and margaret thatcher had a really good relationship. they disagreed on policies from the falkland islands to the invasion of grenada, and one of the strengths we should realise about having a close relationship with america is of course we stand shoulder to shoulder at times of adversity and it was comforting when americans sent messages of support during the terrorist attacks last year. but when we think they are wrong, we should say so and that is what is special relationship is about and people will come to london

today to protest and expressed a view about president trump and his policies and we should cherish the fa ct policies and we should cherish the fact they have the rights to do so. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, thank you forjoining us from city hall. president trump made an entrance as he flew to britain, we can go to heathrow for other rivals. these are the british divers who helped with the british divers who helped with the dramatic cavers in thailand who saved the lives of those boys, the football tea m saved the lives of those boys, the football team and their coach, they went through dramatic conditions, the whole team arrived in and they are about to tell us about the experience. let's go live now to heathrow and listen to their words. iam rick heathrow and listen to their words. i am rick stanton, from coventry.” am from cheddar. i am from belgium. mike clayton, from shropshire. lam from mike clayton, from shropshire. i am from somerset. i am from north wales. gary mitchell, from mid wales.

we will stop with questions from the left. is that a question? what went on in your mind the moment she discovered those boys? initially, of course, excitement. relief they were still alive. as they were coming down the slope, we we re they were coming down the slope, we were counting them until we got to 13. unbelievable. we gave them extra light. they still had light, they looked in good health. when we departed, or we could think about was how we were going to get them out. and so there was relief, uncertainty. the actual bringing of the children

through the passage... can you talk was through that? that is too detailed for this point in time. question from the front here. how did you feel after the news? how did it impact you personally... of course, there were issues, they were unchartered, unprecedented territory. nothing like this has been done. of course, there were doubts. but i knew we had a good tea m doubts. but i knew we had a good team with good support from the thai authorities and the national caving community and rescue organisations.

so we had the best we could do to make a plan work. welcome home. can i asked how did you manage to get the children through? the most important thing was to have a full face mask which was to have a full face mask which was required with pressure to enable them to breathe. and to relax them enough not to feel any anxiety during the process. what was it like to be out there in that situation, described a bit more of the scene. there was a lot of chaos, but we were so task orientated and focused that we blanked that out and carried on with thejob in blanked that out and carried on with the job in hand blanked that out and carried on with thejob in hand step—by—step. until we achieved success. a question from

the middle. you said the children were sedated. isaid you said the children were sedated. i said they were relaxed. a medical question should be given to the medical team on site. was it necessary to get them to that state to be able to drag them out? drag is not the right word, they were carefully handled. can you describe that process, or what was it like to bring the child out? there is a lot of responsibility, that is all i am going to say. a lot of responsibility that an experienced diver, which is what we brought in for this process, could handle. we know you were the front man, what did you do any of the guys who came in later, what was the toughest bit? a couple of questions, so myself and

jason came out after rick and john. our role was to help transport the boys underwater, through the cave, to bring them out. how did you feel about doing that? diving conditions were really challenging. it was poor visibility, some constrictions, but the responsibility for another human being's life. how'd you feel about how it has finished, the boys are well? we are delighted with the successful outcome and we played a part in international efforts with large team of supporting people, we played a part and we are pleased to have played that part. a question here and i must move on. when have you been involved in cave rescue council? —— cave rescues

before. this is completely unprecedented so it is an that is different to anything that has been accomplished anywhere around the world by any other cave diving team. all people are saying hugo nys should get the rewards for what you have done in thailand, what you say, are you heroes? —— people are saying you should get. no, we are using a unique skill set which we normally use for our own interests and sometimes we can use that to give something back to the community.“ ita something back to the community.“ it a rescue you dream of doing or never want to do? it is one i never wa nt to never want to do? it is one i never want to do! any questions in this sector? time was of the essence at the end, how close did this come to being a disaster? that is very hard tojudge. the time being a disaster? that is very hard to judge. the time question concerning the potential rainfall,

the thai authorities took steps to divert rivers on the mountaintop at which we believe what is additional time to get this outcome. any more questions from this area? how much of a relief was it... it was a massive relief. initially, we we re was a massive relief. initially, we were not certain they were all alive and as they were coming down, i was counting them until i got to 13. they were all on that one place? we could not see them initially and they had to come down the corner and they had to come down the corner and they were all coming down. you can hear on the video, john says, how many? hear on the video, john says, how 7 i hear on the video, john says, how many? i had already counted them, they were all there. what did you give their chances at that time? that is the last question, sorry. i think we don, sorry. we have got

very time. thank you for your patience. so, that is the news conference coming to you direct from heathrow airport as members of the british cave rescue council, those eight divers have made the journey back home and they have delivered their initial thoughts on how it went. we heard from a couple of them who were there, the ones who first saw the boys, talking about the excitement and the relief they felt as they counted along the line and got to 13. so the full complement of the divers and the coach. also recognising that it was chaotic, it was a chaotic scene and they followed their step—by—step routine on what was an unprecedented, unchartered territory in terms of this rescue mission itself. there

we re this rescue mission itself. there were questions about whether the boys had been sedated. the divers said they were put in a relaxed manner and preferred to pass that on toa manner and preferred to pass that on to a medical team to give any greater detail, but clearly, that has been an issue people are keen to know more about. so that is the initial response from the divers at heathrow. the extensive flooding in japan the extensive flooding injapan has claimed 200 lives, it is the worst they have experienced in nearly 200 yea rs. they have experienced in nearly 200 years. rupert wingfield—hayes went to one of the towns hit hardest. the floodwaters have now gone but they have left behind